Freshwater Stingray

    The freshwater stingray is the only animal at the Shedd that is named after a car and a bike. This stingray is the envy of all the residents at the Shedd. It is located at the Amazon Rising exhibit. These stingrays feed on small clams, mussles, invertebrates and snails. Its skeleton is made fully of cartilage. This is why stingrays tend to move more like birds and not fish. Handeling a stingray is VERY dangerous because they can inflict a painful and sometimes dangerous wound with the venomous barb that it carries in its tail.

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